Although the monk was wondering if the other party had discovered that he had spent the gold and that was why they were targeting him, he would never admit it.
"What do you mean by buying wine? What do you mean by gold? Sir, you have the wrong person. I am a monk and we cannot drink alcohol, let alone buy wine with gold."
Seeing that the other party was determined to resist to the end, Fang Lang smiled slightly, stood up and looked around the room. The decoration of this room was very simple, with only a bed, a desk, and a wardrobe.
The items inside were all ordinary daily necessities, which was why the soldiers of the guard company failed to find anything during their search, because on the surface there seemed to be nothing wrong with the room.
But Fang Lang's purpose of walking was not actually to look for something, but to observe the monk's eyes and expression changes with the corner of his eye.
The room was not very big. Fang Lang would stop every time he took a step and touch the suspicious position with his hand. At the same time, he looked at the monk and asked:
"You look so confident. If I hadn't seen you drinking with my own eyes, I would have almost believed it. The owner of the liquor store told me that you bought more from him yesterday, but now there is no liquor in your room. So, you hid the liquor in a secret room, right?"
The monk was shocked when he heard Fang Lang's words. He didn't expect that the other party had already found the boss who sold him wine. It seemed that the other party came prepared! He might be in big trouble this time.
More importantly, the other party actually guessed that the entrance to the secret room was in his room, and that his wine was hidden in the secret room, which showed that the other party was a very difficult guy. Fortunately, the entrance to the secret room was really secret, and he didn't believe that the other party could find it easily. Therefore, he pretended to be calm and turned his head to the side and said:
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"I don't know what you're talking about."
Fang Lang saw the other party's reaction and knew that he was standing far away from the entrance of the secret room, so he smiled calmly, slowly changed direction and said:
"It doesn't matter. You don't have to admit it now, but when our police dogs arrive, they can find the entrance to the secret room based on the smell of the wine. I'll see how you can deny it then."
When the monk heard that the other party was actually planning to use a dog to search for the location of the wine, he suddenly became a little panicked. After all, wine has a distinct smell, and a dog will definitely be able to detect it, and then everything will be exposed.
Thinking of this, his eyes unconsciously looked towards the bed.
Although this gaze only stayed for a short moment, it was still easily caught by Fang Lang. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he slowly approached the bed without making a sound, sitting casually on the bed board made of wooden boards, looking at the other person with burning eyes.
When the monk saw that the other person actually sat on his **, his heart tightened and his butt unconsciously moved back on the stool.
When Fang Lang saw the other party's reaction, he had a better idea in his mind. It seemed that the entrance was near the bed.
The monk was so nervous that he even forgot to answer Fang Lang's question. Fang Lang didn't care about this and continued to grope around the bed quietly. Because the bed was movable, the switch of the secret room could not be in the room, but only on the wall or the ground near the bed.
As the one who took the initiative, Fang Lang began to grope around the bed unscrupulously under the monk's gaze. This action obviously scared the monk, but he didn't dare to make a sound for fear of being discovered by Fang Lang, but his hands tightly grasping the armrests of the chair still betrayed his nervousness.
Seeing this, Fang Lang smiled slightly and said to the guards standing around:
"It seems that we don't need a police dog. Move this bed away. I want to see how hidden the entrance to the secret room is."
The guards, who had long been unable to contain themselves, responded in unison:
"Yes, boss!"
He started to act without saying anything. In fact, the entrance switch of this secret room was not hidden. It was just blocked by the longitudinal beam of the bed. If the bed was not moved away, it would be difficult to find this switch.
As the guards moved, the bed was moved away from its original position. A small round hole the size of a fist appeared on the right side of the bed near the wall. A small iron ring the size of a little finger was stuck in the hole. This was obviously the switch to the entrance to the secret room.
The moment this position was revealed, the monk knew that he no longer had any trump cards. He struggled and shouted:
"Sir, there is a mechanism inside. If you accidentally touch the mechanism, the sea water will rush directly into the secret room, and the things in the secret room will be destroyed.
If you trust me, I can show you the way."
Fang Lang turned to look at the monk who had a stubborn expression before, and said with an ambiguous smile:
"Oh! Master, are you willing to cooperate now?"
“Cooperate, cooperate, cooperate now.”
"But now that I have found the secret room, it seems that the master is no longer of any use. Don't you think it is too late to talk to me about cooperation now?"
"Sir, believe me, what I say is true. There is a mechanism in the secret room. If you are not careful, seawater will flow back and the entire secret room will be flooded. At that time, everything inside will be impossible to take out."
Fang Lang smiled slightly when he heard this. He didn't expect that this guy actually knew this information. This incident was also reported in the news in later generations. At that time, the Indian government had to stop after clearing out the two secret rooms because they found that there was a mechanism in the secret room. If it was not properly handled, the water from the Indian Ocean would directly flow into the secret room and submerge the entire secret room.
Finally, the inventory of the treasure in the secret room had to be put on hold.
Hearing this information from the monk was indeed a little surprising. If that was the case, why didn't anyone in later India know that there was a secret room under the temple?
Could it be that this guy in front of him took this secret into the ground? Thinking about it, it is really possible. After all, this guy is the one who secretly stole gold from the secret room to buy wine. Maybe this secret room has always been a secret passed down from generation to generation in the temple.
"Oh! How do you know the location of this mechanism?"
The monk seemed to have given up resistance at this moment. He sighed softly and said frankly:
“My master told me that our temple has a history of nearly 500 years, and in each generation a monk is in charge of the secrets of the secret room.
And I am the only monk of this generation who knows about the existence of the secret room."
Fang Lang looked at the guy in front of him with great interest, thinking to himself that since there were special monks in charge of the secrets of the secret room, why did no one know about this secret room in later generations? It seems that this temple also experienced some changes later! Maybe the change was caused by the guy in front of him.
"Oh! If it's a secret room, why do we need to let people know about its existence?"
The monk looked up at Fang Lang and said helplessly:
“The secret rooms here do not all belong to the temple. Four of them contain treasures of the Travancore royal family. Once the royal family needs them, they can send someone to bring a token to the temple to find us to open the secret rooms.
We are merely the keepers of the treasure.”
"Oh! So you are a custodian who embezzles from the company."
Fang Lang teased in a tone that was so infuriating that it was enough to make him die.
The monks were furious when they heard this.
"I just took a little from the offerings of believers to improve my life. This is the reward from the gods."
Fang Lang was stunned by the other party's self-righteous look. He didn't expect that there are such shameless people in the world, whose face is thicker than mine. However, Fang Lang also had an idea at this moment, and smiled at the monk and said:
"I wonder how the master would like to cooperate?"
The monk didn't expect that Fang Lang was actually willing to discuss cooperation with him. He was overjoyed for a moment and didn't think much about whether there would be any traps. After all, the current situation was that he was the fish and Fang Lang was the knife, and he had no right to put forward any conditions.
His bottom line now is actually just to save his life. He knows very well in his mind that these people in front of him are well organized and they are not good people at first glance. Once they get the treasure, they will definitely kill him first. He doesn't want to die now.
"I know you have been planning this for a long time. After taking the treasure, you will definitely kill us. I don't want wealth, I just ask you to spare my life. Even if someone discovers the secret of the secret room one day, the police will definitely chase me first. This can also help you distract the police's attention. What do you think?"
Fang Lang laughed when he heard this. He had always thought that this monk was a greedy guy. He proposed cooperation, probably because he wanted to get a share of the treasure in the secret room. He was going to kill him directly after taking away the treasure.
But he didn't expect that the other party's request was not to share the spoils, but to see through his intention to silence him and ask for a chance to live. He even thought of letting him take the blame, which made Fang Lang look at this guy with a new eye.
"If I take you away and kill you, I can still make you the first suspect in this matter! Why should I keep you alive?"
Fang Lang's words made the monk, who was already extremely nervous, tense up. A trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and his mind began to work rapidly, continuing to look for a chance to survive.
“My active cooperation can greatly save your excavation time. Believe me, I will not become an obstacle to your exploration. I don’t want money. As long as you can spare my life, I will leave India by boat overnight and ensure that no one will find me again.
Besides, I don’t know your identities, so even if they find me, they won’t be able to find you.”
Looking at the anxious look of the monk in front of him, there was no longer the stubbornness he had at the beginning. The attitude changed so quickly that Fang Lang couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
In fact, Fang Lang really didn't care about the life or death of the guy in front of him, because they had already made a plan, and someone would naturally take the blame for their actions.
But it must be said that if the other party really knows the mechanism inside, it can indeed bring great convenience to their actions. After thinking about this, Fang Lang shrugged indifferently and said:
"I don't care whether you live or die. If you are willing to cooperate with our actions, I can consider sparing your life."
The monk was overjoyed when he heard this. Regardless of whether Fang Lang's words were true or false, he at least saw hope of survival, just like a drowning man grabbing the last straw. He spoke without hesitation:
"No problem, I'm willing to cooperate. Please let me go, I'll take you down now. Please let them follow my instructions and don't mess with some of the things inside."
At this moment, the soldiers of the guard company in the room had already pulled out the iron ring on the wall beside the bed, revealing a deep hole at the corner of the wall near the bed.
It has to be said that this secret room was built very secretly. Someone had searched this location carefully before, but nothing unusual was found. If the door of the secret room had not been opened in front of everyone, they really would not have believed that the entrance to the secret room was behind this wall.
Without Fang Lang's order, the guards did not enter directly. Instead, they took out their guns and flashlights and pointed them at the dark entrance of the secret room, with alert expressions, obviously to guard against unknown dangers inside.
Fang Lang winked at Qi Qingshan beside him, indicating that he should untie the monk and let him take the lead.
"I'm giving you a chance to live. I hope you will cherish it. If you do anything unwise, my people will kill you immediately and send your son, who is less than four years old, to accompany you. Do you understand what I mean?"
The monk was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Fang Lang beside him with some disbelief. He didn't expect that he had already found out about his son. This was an absolute secret. Except for her and the child's mother, no one knew that it was his child.
At this moment, there was no way he could have any resistance in his heart. He just wanted to quickly resolve the problem here so that he could escape far away. As for the lives of his children, he was not worried at all because he had already left them enough wealth to live on.
"Understood, understood! Don't worry, I will never dare to cause any trouble. This is just a job. I can't risk my life and the lives of my family."
Seeing the other party's flattering look, Fang Lang calmly gave Qi Qingshan a look, indicating that he should keep a close eye on this guy. Qi Qingshan nodded slightly and stood behind the monk.
In fact, Fang Lang was not afraid of the other party playing tricks. Not to mention whether this guy had such courage, even if the other party activated the mechanism and led seawater into the secret room, his strictly trained naval soldiers would not be easily drowned.
It would be better to make good use of it and let him take the lead to prevent other unpredictable dangers in the secret room. At worst, they would use the diving suits they had prepared long ago to go underwater to salvage. He had been prepared from the beginning to deal with the secret room being flooded by seawater.
After all, the secret room that the Indian government of later generations did not dare to open easily was obviously dangerous, so it was always a good idea to bring a diving suit to be prepared.
As for whether the seawater could take away the treasure after entering the secret room, Fang Lang was not worried. They could sneak directly into the secret room from the water inlet at the seaside and transport the treasure out directly. This would be more covert, but it would just take longer.
After getting Fang Lang's permission, the monk picked up a torch on the wall and lit it. He strode into the depths of the secret room without hesitation, lighting a torch hanging on the wall every two steps.
Soon, everyone followed him to the door of the first secret room. With the dim light and the light of the soldiers' flashlights, they could clearly see that the door of the secret room was a room without a keyhole. Obviously, the opening and closing of this door was also controlled by a mechanism.
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